Differential foraging in presence of predator and conspecific odors in bank voles: a field enclosure study

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 973-981 ◽  
Author(s):  
Géraldine Verplancke ◽  
Éric Le Boulengé ◽  
Claire Diederich
Keyword(s):  
Bank Voles ◽  
Conspecific Odors

scholarly journals Sensitive protein misfolding cyclic amplification of sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease prions is strongly seed and substrate dependent

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maxime Bélondrade ◽  
Simon Nicot ◽  
Charly Mayran ◽  
Lilian Bruyere-Ostells ◽  
Florian Almela ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prion Protein ◽  
Protein Misfolding ◽  
Protein Misfolding Cyclic Amplification ◽  
Bank Voles ◽  
Substrate Dependence ◽  
Brain Extracts ◽  
Jakob Disease ◽  
Human Prion Protein

AbstractUnlike variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease prions, sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease prions have been shown to be difficult to amplify in vitro by protein misfolding cyclic amplification (PMCA). We assessed PMCA of pathological prion protein (PrPTSE) from 14 human sCJD brain samples in 3 substrates: 2 from transgenic mice expressing human prion protein (PrP) with either methionine (M) or valine (V) at position 129, and 1 from bank voles. Brain extracts representing the 5 major clinicopathological sCJD subtypes (MM1/MV1, MM2, MV2, VV1, and VV2) all triggered seeded PrPTSE amplification during serial PMCA with strong seed- and substrate-dependence. Remarkably, bank vole PrP substrate allowed the propagation of all sCJD subtypes with preservation of the initial molecular PrPTSE type. In contrast, PMCA in human PrP substrates was accompanied by a PrPTSE molecular shift during heterologous (M/V129) PMCA reactions, with increased permissiveness of V129 PrP substrate to in vitro sCJD prion amplification compared to M129 PrP substrate. Combining PMCA amplification sensitivities with PrPTSE electrophoretic profiles obtained in the different substrates confirmed the classification of 4 distinct major sCJD prion strains (M1, M2, V1, and V2). Finally, the level of sensitivity required to detect VV2 sCJD prions in cerebrospinal fluid was achieved.

scholarly journals Seasonal and photoperiodic effects on lipid droplet size and lipid peroxidation in the brown adipose tissue of bank voles (Myodes glareolus)

2012 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 289-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elżbieta Bonda-Ostaszewska ◽  
Tadeusz Włostowski ◽  
Alicja Krasowska ◽  
Paweł Kozłowski
Keyword(s):  
Lipid Peroxidation ◽  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
Brown Adipose Tissue ◽  
Droplet Size ◽  
Lipid Droplet ◽  
Myodes Glareolus ◽  
Bank Voles ◽  
Brown Adipose ◽  
Lipid Droplet Size

scholarly journals Intracerebral Borna Disease Virus Infection of Bank Voles Leading to Peripheral Spread and Reverse Transcription of Viral RNA

PLoS ONE ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. e23622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Maria Kinnunen ◽  
Hanna Inkeroinen ◽  
Mette Ilander ◽  
Eva Riikka Kallio ◽  
Henna Pauliina Heikkilä ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virus Infection ◽  
Disease Virus ◽  
Reverse Transcription ◽  
Viral Rna ◽  
Borna Disease Virus ◽  
Bank Voles ◽  
Borna Disease

scholarly journals Demographic Factors Associated with Hantavirus Infection in Bank Voles (Clethrionomys glareolus)

2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 924-929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gert E. Olsson ◽  
Neil White ◽  
Clas Ahlm ◽  
Fredrik Elgh ◽  
Ann-Christin Verlemyr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Clethrionomys Glareolus ◽  
Hantavirus Infection ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Bank Voles

scholarly journals Hantavirus and arenavirus antibody prevalence in rodents and humans in Trentino, Northern Italy

2005 ◽  
Vol 134 (4) ◽  
pp. 830-836 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. KALLIO-KOKKO ◽  
J. LAAKKONEN ◽  
A. RIZZOLI ◽  
V. TAGLIAPIETRA ◽  
I. CATTADORI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Distribution ◽  
Neutralization Assay ◽  
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis ◽  
Clethrionomys Glareolus ◽  
Common Finding ◽  
Wild Rodents ◽  
Serum Samples ◽  
Bank Voles ◽  
Dobrava Virus ◽  
Low Prevalence

The spatial and temporal distribution of hantavirus and arenavirus antibody-positive wild rodents in Trentino, Italy, was studied using immunofluorescence assays (IFA) in two long-term sites trapped in 2000–2003, and six other sites trapped in 2002. The overall hantavirus seroprevalence in the bank voles, Clethrionomys glareolus (n=229) screened for Puumala virus (PUUV) antibodies was 0·4%, and that for Apodemus flavicollis mice (n=1416) screened for Dobrava virus (DOBV) antibodies was 0·2%. Antibodies against lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) were found in 82 (5·6%) of the 1472 tested rodents; the seroprevalence being 6·1% in A. flavicollis (n=1181), 3·3% in C. glareolus (n=276), and 14·3% in Microtus arvalis (n=7). Of the serum samples of 488 forestry workers studied by IFA, 12 were LCMV-IgG positive (2·5%) and one DOBV-IgG positive (0·2%), however, the latter could not be confirmed DOBV-specific with a neutralization assay. Our results show a widespread distribution but low prevalence of DOBV in Trentino, and demonstrate that the arenavirus antibodies are a common finding in several other rodent species besides the house mouse.

Association of Borrelia afzelii with rodents in Europe

Parasitology ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. HANINCOVÁ ◽  
S. M. SCHÄFER ◽  
S. ETTI ◽  
H.-S. SEWELL ◽  
V. TARAGELOVÁ ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Borrelia Burgdorferi ◽  
Lyme Borreliosis ◽  
Tick Infestation ◽  
Zoonotic Transmission ◽  
Host Association ◽  
Borrelia Afzelii ◽  
Hard Ticks ◽  
Bank Voles ◽  
Endemic Focus ◽  
Questing Ticks

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) is maintained in nature by complex zoonotic transmission cycles, involving a large variety of vertebrates as hosts and hard ticks of the genus Ixodes as vectors. Recent studies suggest that the genospecies of B. burgdorferi s.l. and sometimes their subtypes are propagated by different spectra of hosts, mainly birds and rodents. In order to test the concept of host-association, we analysed the relationships between Borrelia genospecies, rodent hosts and I. ricinus ticks in an endemic focus of Lyme borreliosis in western Slovakia. Rodents and questing ticks were collected at a forested lowland locality near Bratislava. Tick infestation levels on rodents were determined, and spirochaete infections in ticks and in ear punch biopsies were analysed by PCR followed by genotyping. Mice were more heavily infested with ticks than bank voles, and a higher proportion of mice was infected with spirochaetes than voles. However, the infectivity of voles was much higher than that of mice. The vast majority of infections detected in the skin and in ticks feeding on the rodents represented B. afzelii. In contrast, more than half of all infections in questing ticks collected in the same region of Slovakia were identified as B. valaisiana and B. garinii. In conclusion, whilst the study reveals that mice and voles play different quantitative roles in the ecology of Lyme borreliosis, it demonstrates that B. afzelii is specifically maintained by European rodents, validating the concept of host-association of B. burgdorferi s.l.

Use of space by bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) in a polish farm landscape

1993 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michŀ Kozakiewicz ◽  
Anna Kozakiewicz ◽  
Aleksy Łukowski ◽  
Tomasz Gortat
Keyword(s):  
Clethrionomys Glareolus ◽  
Use Of Space ◽  
Bank Voles

Small-scale altitudinal effects on reproduction in bank voles

2014 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine M. Hille ◽  
Heiko G. Rödel
Keyword(s):  
Small Scale ◽  
Bank Voles
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